Red Okktober wrote:Stooo wrote:I didn't, it was mainly aircraft for me but some of my mates were well into monsters; didn't some of them have glowing paint?
Yeah. I'm going to have to cram a lot of detail into it. Dead happy that I can make it RHD
I can't recall glowing paint for the Airfix models - They were mainly dark colours apart from some vivid reds and purples for the cape linings.
The only glowing monsters I can remember were the toys you used to get free in cereal packets.
I can't remember Airfix doing Horror characters, at least not their own moulds. Are you maybe thinking of Aurora's "Glow in the Dark" kits from the late 60s and early 70s?
https://aminoapps.com/c/horror/page/blo ... YWB57VV0gohttp://collectingclassicmonsters.com/ca ... odel-kits/https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aurora- ... r--1116842Airfix did make a range of Historical Figures in 1/12 scale like this, but they're long out of production and worth a few bob if you have an unbuilt kit. They just used standard Airfix enamels, no glowing or fluorescent paint.
http://www.vintage-airfix.com/figures/1 ... 64_68.htmlIf you're interested in the development of kits I
really recommend this site. which gives the production history of a kit - it's particularly useful for checking if something advertised as NEW actually is, or if it's really some 50 year old mould in a different box, from a different manufacturer. It's amazing just how many old kits are repackaged like that.
It's an easy site to find yourself engrossed in.
https://www.scalemates.com/